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6. Pomponia singularis. (Tab. VI., fig. 4, a, h.)
Dunduhia smjnhins. Walker, List Horn., Suppl. p. 7 (1858) ; Atkins. J. A. S. Beng. vol. liii. p. 225, n.48(1885).
"Male. Testaceous, slender, partly green, very pale beneath. Head black between the ocelli, and with a black dot on each side in front. Prothorax with two black dots by the border, which is narrow behind, but much dilated on the hind part of each side ; the latter is notched in the middle. Mesothorax with an oblique green stripe on each side. Abdomen with four rows of triangular brown spots. Opercula small. Wings vitreous, with testaceous streaks between the transverse marginal veinlets and the border ; veins green or testaceous. Fore wings narrow, with the transverse veins and the forks of the longitudinal veins clouded with testaceous ; a testaceous spot at the tip of each marginal vein communicating with a slight testaceous streak on each marginal areolet ; a testaceous dot on the hind side of the third discoidal areolet, with distinct indications of two transverse veins, the one joining the fifth transverse vein, the other ending on the front areolet near the base of the second discoidal areolet ; a few minute testaceous dots on some of the marginal and discoidal veins ; first transverse vein straight, very oblique, but not in the usual du-ection, parted by much more than its length from the second, which is much curved and almost upright ; third and foiu-tb oblique, slightly curved ; third a little shorter thanthefourth."
" Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 30 lines."
Hab. — Continental India: Hindostan {sic) (Stevens — Brit. Mus.) ; Darjeeling (Stockh. Mus.). 7. Pomponia ransonetti. (Tab. VII., tig. 20, a, h.)
Pomponiarunsonetti,Distant,Aim.&Mag.Nat.Hist.ser.6,vol.i.p.372(1888).
Head and thorax above ochraceous ; head with two converging black lines in front, and the anterior area of vertex (enclosing ocelli), the hinder margin of eyes, and a small spot at same region, black. Pronotum with a broad, central, double, longitudinal fascia, on each side of which are two curved linear spots and a large oblique, semioval, linear spot on each lateral area, black. Mesonofrum with a central longitudinal fascia broadening at base into a large crescentic spot in front of basal cruciform elevation ; on each side of this fascia, starting from anterior margin, is a short curved fascia followed by a spot and again by a long, broad, and slightly curved fascia and a small oblique spot on each lateral margin black. Anterior angles of basal cruciform elevation black. Abdomen above brownish-ochraceous and pilose, the segmental margins narrowly piceous. Head beneath, sternum, and legs ochraceous ; an oval fascia on face, a transverse spot on each side, posterior margin of head, a transverse spot on mesosternum, apices of the femora, and bases of the tibife, black. Abdomen beneath brownish-ochraceous, its base and apex piceous.
Tegmina and wings pale hyaline, with a pale creamy bluish reflexion, venation castaneous or fuscous ; tegmina with a small ochraceous costal spot at base of upper ulnar area, transverse veins at bases of second, third, fifth, and seventh apical areas infuscated, and a marginal series of fuscous spots situated on the apices of the longitudinal veins to apical areas.
The rostrum reaches the posterior cosas; the opercula are small and widely separated. Long. excl. tegm. $ , 22 millim. Exp. tegm. 95 millim.
Hab.—Ceylon : Colombo (Calc. Mus.).
8. Pomponia evanescens. (Tab. X., fig. 13, a, h.)
Dunduhiaevanescens,Walker,Ins.Saund.,Hom.p.6(1858).
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ORIENTAL CICADID/E. 7» " Malr. Pale testaceous, slender. Head with a hlack band, and with the usual black marks in front. Prothorax with two approximate black stripes, and with two black spots on each side, ^^csothorax with nine black stripes, which are more or less abbreviated hindward, where there are two black dots. Abdomen with six stripes of black spots ; the second pair of stripes incomplete. Opercula nearly half the length of the abdomen."
"Wings quite vitreous; veins pale testaceous. Fore wings with the marginal veins clouded by brown striiies, which successively decrease in length ; first and second transverse veins clouded with brown, very oblique ; first much longer than the second, from which it is parted by much more than twice its length ; third and fourth transverse veinlets oppositely oblique, slightly curved or undulating. Hind wings very slightly clouded with brown along the transverse marginal veinlets." "Length of the body 10—11 lines; of the wings 24—26 lines."
Hab. — Continental India (Brit. Mus.).
This species is only known to the writer by the typical specimen contained in the collection of the Britisl; Museum. That specimen is here figtired, and Walker's original description is reproduced. The only locality recorded is simply " Hindostan." 9. Pomponia pumila, u. sp. (Tab. XIII., fig. 8, a, b.)
3 . Body above brownish-ochraceous. Head with a spot on each side of front, some linear marks at area of ocelli, an inner fascia to eyes, and a marginal spot near base of front, blackish. Pronotum with two central longitudinal fasciie and the incisures blackish. Jlesonotum with a central longitudinal fascia, on each side of which is a short obhque fascia on disk, a submarginal fascia, and a spot in front of the anterior angles of the basal cruciform elevation, blackish. Abdomen with the marginal incisures and the margins of the tympanal coverings blackish. Body beneath ochraceous ; apex of face, margins, and some discal spots to sternum, base and apex of abdomen, and a large spot on outer basal marginsofopercula,blackish.
Tegmina and wings pale hyaline, the venation ochraceous. Tegmina with the transverse veins at the bases of the first, second and third apical areas obscurely infuscated and with a pale, waved, fuscous outersubmarginalfascia.
The abdomen is robust and somewhat compressed above; the opercula are small, wide apart; the face is centrally and longitudinally raised and levigate, the lateral transverse striations being very profound. Long. excl. tegm. 15 millim. Exp. tegm. 41 millim.
Hab. — Malayan Archipelago : Borneo ; Elopura (Pryer — coll. Dist.).
A single specimen of this small species was captured by my friend Mr. "W. B. Pryer in March, 1884, and has thus remained some years undescribed. It is the smallest species of the genus with which I am acquainted.
aa.Tegminawiththetransverseveinsatbasesofsecondandthirdapicalareas,andtheapex,infuscated. 10. Pomponia viridimaculata. (Tab. X., fig. 9, a, h.)
I'l'iiiimmti liridimarulata, Distant, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. C, vol. iii. p. 421 (1889). <? . Body above castaneous ; ocelli, eyes, and posterior margin of pronotum ochraceous; mesonotum very dark castaneous, with two obscure contiguous obconical spots at anterior margin ; face, anterior margins of head beneath, and legs, blackish ; apices of the femora ochraceous; posterior tibise castaneous, theirbasesandapicesblackish.
Tegmina and wings pale hyaline, the venation brownish ochraceous ; tegmina with the costal membrane pale castaneous, the transverse veins at the bases of the second and third apical areas, and the apex of the longitudinal vein defining the upper apical area, broadly and darkly infuscated, and a distinct V
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bright green basal streak ; wings with the inner claval margin green, with a fuscous streak, the outer clavalmarginfuscous.
Body elongate, the face very robust and rounded ; the rostrum reaching the posterior coxbb ; opercula short, obliquely rounded outwardly, obliquely straight inwardly.
Long. excl. tegm. a' , 52 to 55 millim. Exp. tegm. 135 millim.
Hab. — Malayan Archipelago : Borneo, Kina Balu Mt.* (Whitehead — coll. Dist.). aaa. Tegmina with only the transverse veins at bases of second and third apical areas infuscated. 11. Pomponia scitula. (Tab. VII., fig. 19, a, b.)
Pomponia scitula, Distant, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genoa, ser. 2«, vol. vi. p. 456 (1888). 3' . Head and pronotum ochraceous or olivaceous. Head with the striations to front and a spot at base of same ; inner margins of eyes, lateral margins of vertex and area of the ocelli black. Pronotum with two central sinuated longitudinal linear fascise, two oblique linear fasciae on each lateral area, and the lateral margins and edges of posterior margin black. Mesonotum with five longitudinal black fasciae, the central crossing disk, on each side of which is a shorter one and a broad one on each lateral area; between the two outermost on each side is a short black spot, and a spot of the same colour is situate in front of ■each anterior angle of the basal cruciform elevation. Abdomen above blackish, the posterior segmental margins and a short basal lateral fascia on each side ochraceous. Head beneath, sternum, legs, and opercula ochraceous. Abdomen beneath brownish-ochraceous, the base narrowly and the apex broadly blackish. Inner area of eyes beneath and the striations to face blackish. Tegmina and wings pale hyaline ; the first with the costal membrane and basal area of venation ochraceous, remaining venation fuscous, and the transverse veins at the bases of the second and third apical areas infuscated; venation of wings as in tegmina, ochraceous at base and beyond fuscous. The rostrum about reaches the posterior coxae ; the opercula are small, wide apart and obtusely angulated, and the face is robust and tumid.
Long. excl. tegm. 3" , 22 millim. Exp. tegm. 65 millim.
Hab. — Continental India : Upper Assam, Margherita (Doherty — coll. Dist.). Burma: Teinzo (Fea — Oenoa Mus.). Tenasseeim : Meetau (Fea—Genoa Mus.).
12. Pomponia solitaria. (Tab. VII., fig. 17, a, h.)
Pomponia sulituria, Distant, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 6, vol. i. p. 295 (1888). $ . Body above ochraceous. Head with the eyes dark fuscous ; front with two central black spots on anterior margin and two small rounded black spots at base ; vertex with the area of the ocelli — which are red — a curved line before each eye, and a spot near each anterior lateral angle, black. Pronotum with two central black lines, united at base, and a black spot on each lateral margin. Mesonotum with the following black markings : — tnz. three central lines, the central one extending across disk, followed by a shorter line on each side, and again by an ii-regular line which reaches nearly across disk, and a black spot in front of each anterior angle of basal cruciform elevation.
Tegmina and wings pale hyaline, the first with the costal membrane and venation ochraceous, the transverse veins at bases of second and third apical areas infuscated ; venation of wings generally ochraceous.
The rostrum reaches the apices of the posterior coxse ; the opercula are small, not reaching the apex ofthebasalsegmentoftheabdomen.
Long. excl. tegm. <? , 28 millim. Exp. tegm. 75 millim.
Hab.—Narkondam Island (Calc. Mus.).
*KinaBaluMountainis,judgingfromMr.Whitehead'scollections,aprolificentomologicallocality,andparticularly richinHomoptera.Ihavealreadyremarkedonthelargenumberof"lanternflies"—Falgoridce—foundonthislimitedarea (Ann.&Mag.Nat.Hist.ser.6,vol.iii.p.419).Theseeasterninsularmountainshavegenerallyagreatwealthininsect-life, ;ishasbeenpointedoutbyMr.MoseleyonthesummitsofthevolcanoesofGunongApiinBanda,andontheonebelonging toTernate(ANatmalistonthe'Challenger,'p.384),andbyMr.HicksonontheRuangVolcanointheCelebesiangroupof islands (A Naturalist in Celebes, p.
46).
ORIENTAL CI CADI DAL. 75 This species was probably secured by the Hume Expedition of 1873, which visited this Httle-known island on the return from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and of wliich a good account has been given by Mr. V. Ball.' 13. Pomponia promiscua. (Tab. IX., fig. 14, a, b.)
Pumpunia jnvmi.'icuii, Distant, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. aer. 5, vol. xs. p. 230 (1887). <? . Body above grcenish-ochraceous. Head with two small fuscous spots at apex of front and two wider apaft at base of front, the ocelli also surrounded with fuscous ; the head is mottled with very pale ochraceous, and the eyes are dark castaneous. Pronotum with the margins pale ochraceous, an indistinct central fascia margined with ochraceous, with an obscure castaneous spot on each side, and four oblique incisions on disk, two on each side of central fascia. Mcsonotum with two obscure central obconical spots margined with greenish, the lateral margins and the basal cruciform elevation of the same colom-. Abdomen with the stigmata and the segmental margins castaneous. Body beneath ochraceous; apex of the rostrum, basal and apical annulations to tibiiB, apices of the tarsi, and penultimate abdominal segment castaneous. Tegmina pale hyaline, with talc-like reflexions ; venation alternately ochraceous and fuscous ; costal membrane and a small costal spot at base of upper ulnar area ochraceous, basal claval area greyish opaque ; transverse veins at bases of second and third apical areas slightly infuscated. Wings as tegmina, but unspotted.
The body is moderately robust ; the abdomen broad, narrowed at apex. The lateral margins of the pronotum are slightly sinuated. The face is broad and tumid, with a central and very obscure levigate carina, but not sulcated ; transverse ridges not extending to apex. Eostrum just passmg the posterior coxre. Opercula small, obliquely rounded, not reaching the basal segment of the abdomen. Long. excl. tegm. ,? , 25 millim. Exp. tegm. 65 millim.
Hab. — Malayan Archipelago: Sumatra (Forbes — coll. Dist.). ENGANot (Doherty — coll. Dist.). This species was originally obtained by Mr. Forbes during his natural-history expedition to Sumatra, and the date of its capture was indicated as the month of March. It is probable that the colour is, or often is, green, and not ochraceous, during life.
14. Pomponia thalia. (Tab. IX., tig. 4, a, b).
Thmiiuhui th,ili,i, Walker, List Horn. i. p. 72, u. 34 (1850).
Pomponia thalia, Stal, Berl. Ent. Zeit. x. p. 171 (18G6).
Body above ochraceous; head, pronotum, and mesonotum greenish-ocbraceous. Head with some linear streaks on each side of front, the area of the ocelli with a curved linear streak on each side and the inner margins of eyes, black. Pronotum with two central longitudinal black linear fascia% united anteriorly and posteriorly, ampliated and angulated near anterior margin, and compressed and attenuated towards posterior margin, the lateral incisures also black. Mesonotum with seven linear black fasciae, the central longest and straight, with a short and inwardly curved one on each side, again followed by a longer and posteriorly outwardly curved fascia, beyond which is a submarginal fascia (these last were very faint in the specimen figured), and a l)lack spot at apices of each anterior angle of the basal cruciform elevation. Abdomen with a faint, obsolete, central fascia, which is only clearly visible on the two basal segments. Body beneath and legs pale oclu-aceous, with the following black markings : — face with a central longitudinal fascia, a transverse line between eyes and face, and the bases of the posterior tibia^ Tegmina and wings pale hyaline, the venation ochraceous and fuscous. Tegmina with an ochraceous and black spot at inner angle of upper ulnar area, and with the transverse veins at bases of second and third apical areas infuscated.
* • Jungle Life in India,' pp. 408—406. f ,\n island off the western coast of Sumatra.
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The face is tumid and transversely striated ; the rostrum extends to the posterior cosse ; the opercula are short, but widely separated , with their posterior margins moderately convex. Long. excl. tegm. <? , 23 millim. Exp. tegm. 01 milHm.
Hab. — Continental India : Sikkim (coll. Dist.) ; Darjeeling (Stockh. Mus.). This species appears to be confined to Continental India. The typical specimens in the British Museum are unlocalised.
15. Pomponia translucida, n. sp. (Tab. XIII., fig. 7, a, h.)
(? . Head, pronotum, and mesonotum ochraceous ; eyes fuscous, ocelli shining ochraceous. Abdomen above pale greenish, the disk infuscated ; beneath talc-like with a very pale greenish tinge, and with the segmental margins fuscous. Head beneath, sternum, and legs ochraceous. Eostrum with the apex black., Tegmina and wings pale hyaline, the venation ochraceous. Tegmina with the transverse veins at the bases of the second and third apical areas infuscated.
The body is moderately robust, the abdomen narrowed and constricted posteriorly. The rostrum extends to the posterior coxae. The opercula are small, well divided, outwardly oblique, and slightly sinuate,theirapicesmoderatelyconvex.
Long. excl. tegm. <y , 28 millim. Exp. tegm. 70 millim.
Hab. — Malayan Archipelago : Sulu Islands ; Job (coll. Dist.).
The colour markings of this species alone render its determination easy. The absence of black markings to the pronotum and mesonotum, the talc-like appearance of the abdomen beneath, and the greenish base of the abdomen above in contrast with the ochraceous anterior portion of the body, apart from structural pecuharities, afford good specific characters. 16. Pomponia bindusara. (Tab. IX., tig. 11, a, b.)
Pomponia liindusnrd, Distant, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 642; Ann. Mus. Civ. Genoa, ser. 2a, vol. vi. p. 456 (1888) ; Atkins, J. A. S. Beug. vol. liii. p. 228, n. 63 (1885).
<? . Body above pale ochraceous ; head with lateral margins of front bordered with black striae, and with two contiguous black spots on disk ; two oblique strise on lateral margins of vertex, and area of ocelli black. Pronotum with two central longitudinal fascise, narrowed, joined, and rounded on posterior margin, widely divergent and terminating on anterior margin, a small curved fascia on each side of disk, and oblique striae also black. Mesonotum with a central fascia, a shorter and more oblique one on each side, followed by an elongate spot on anterior margin, and a long, somewhat broken, submarginal fascia, black ; two rounded spots in front of cruciform elevation, and two smaller ones on anterior branches of the same, also black. Abdomen somewhat thickly covered with pale pubescence, with a series of discal segmental markings, two large spots near lateral margins of third and fourth segments, and a lateral segmental row of small spots, black. Underside of body pale ochraceous. Apical disk of abdomen black. Tegmina and wings pale hyaline ; transverse veins at bases of second and third apical areas, slightly infuscated.
Face convex. Apical two-thirds with a narrow central sulcation, transversely striated, the striae black near centre. Eostrum slightly passing posterior coxae, its apex black. Opercula small ; posterior margins obtusely angulated, and reaching base of first abdominal segment, widened and obtusely angulated, but not meeting inwardly. Posterior tibiie with three inner and two outer marginal spines. Anterior femora with two long and prominent spines.
Long. excl. tegm. ^ , 30 millim. Exp. tegm. 87 millim.
Hab.— Burma (Calc. Mus.) ; Teinzo (Pea— Genoa Mus.). Upper Tenasserim (coll. Dist.).
ORIENTAL CICADIDM. 77 b. Tcgmina clear and nnspottrd.
17. Pomponia dohertyi, n. sp. (T;il). XIII. , fig. n, «, h.)
Head, i)i-onotum ami mcsonotum dark ochraceous ; abdomen palo castaneous. Head with the eyes fuscous, the area of the occlH and anterior margins of vertex infuscated. Pronotum with a subobsolete central fascia, with a dark spot at base and apex, a short discal fuscous streak on each side; the furrows and outer margins also infuscated. Mesonotum with two small central obconical spots, and some subobsolete fasciie on each side, and with two small blackish spots situate near the anterior angles of the basal cruciform elevation, the centre of which is dark fuscous. Body beneath and legs dark ochraceous ; apex of rostrum and tarsal claws fuscous ; apical area of abdomen castaneous. Tegmina and wings pale hyaline and unspotted, with a slight bronzy tinge; the venation dark ochraceous.
The body is somewhat elongate ; the opercula tumid, convexly rounded and well separated ; rostrum notquitereachingtheposteriorcoxa}.
Long. excl. tegm. $ , 27 millim. Exp. tegm. 75 millim.
Hab. — Continental India: Upper Assam ; Margherita (Doherty — coll. Dist.). I have named this species after its discoverer, Mr. Wm. Doherty, to whom we are indebted for the knowledge of many hitherto unknown Cicadidiv. B. Abdomen long; tympanal coverings largely developed.
18. Pomponia nigristigma. (Tab. IX., fig. 7, a, h.)
Dundubia nhjristiyma, Walker, List Horn. i. p. 57, u. 17 (1850). " Body dull tawny ; head much narrower than the fore-chest ; crown adorned with two black bands, which are arranged in an elliptical form; face convex: mouth tawny with a black tip, reachmg the hind-hips ; eyes prominent ; feelers black ; fore-chest broadest near the base of the fore-wings ; scutcheon adorned with two black stripes, which are widened in front and with two black reversed C-shaped marks ; furrows black ; hind-scutcheon narrow in the middle, much widened and slightly angular by the base of each fore-wing, armed with two teeth on each side; scutcheon of the middle-chest adorned with four black stripes and on the hind border with four black dots ; middle stripes broad in front, united behind ; hind border very slightly excavated ; abdomen obconical, much longer than the chest ; hind borders of the segments adorned with black bands whose outlines are very irregular; disk beneath and tip black; opercula* dull tawny, large, nearly meeting on the back; drums tawny, small, not extending beyond the base of the abdomen ; legs tawny ; fore-shanks, fore-feet and tips of the shanks and of the feet black ; claws black towards the tips; fore-thighs armed with two rather long black teeth." " Wings very slightly tinged with brown ; veins black, tawny along the fore border, with the exception of the brand, which is black ; cross veins clouded with brown ; a row of very small brown spots on the tips of the longitudinal veins of the marginal areolets ; flaps brown at the base." " Length of the body 10 lines ; of the wings 28 lines."
Hab. — Malayan Archipelago: Philippine Isles (Cuming — Brit. Mus.). I only know this species by the typical specimen in the British Museum, which is here figm-cd, and Walker's original description (with some irrelevant details omitted) reproduced. P. nigristiijma represents a distinct section of the genus.
* Tympanal coverings as understood in this Monograph.